Odour conditioning of positive affective states: Rats can learn to associate an odour with being tickled

Vincent Bombail; Nathalie Jerôme; Ho Lam; Sacha Muszlak; Simone L. Meddle; Alistair B. Lawrence; Birte L. Nielsen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212829

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Odour conditioning of positive affective states: Rats can learn to associate an odour with being tickled

Vincent Bombail ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vincent.bombail@inra.fr

Affiliation Neurobiology of Olfaction, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Nathalie Jerôme,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neurobiology of Olfaction, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Ho Lam,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Neurobiology of Olfaction, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Sacha Muszlak,

Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neurobiology of Olfaction, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Simone L. Meddle,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Midlothian, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-1332

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Alistair B. Lawrence,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Midlothian, United Kingdom, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Birte L. Nielsen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR Modélisation Systémique Appliquée aux Ruminants, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1371-6329

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Odour conditioning of positive affective states: Rats can learn to associate an odour with being tickled

Vincent Bombail,
Nathalie Jerôme,
Ho Lam,
Sacha Muszlak,
Simone L. Meddle,
Alistair B. Lawrence,
Birte L. Nielsen

Published: June 12, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212829

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